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Tuesday, 13 August 2013

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DESCRIPTION OF THE LETHAL OATH

The Lethal Oath is the
second book in The Viking Series. It's a historical action-adventure
novella with Sigve the Awful as the main character. The story is set in
Norway in the late Viking Age.

In the novella, Sigve enters into
a hot erotic relationship with Ylajali. She is a mysterious thrall
girl and the only person who knows the secret of Sigve's sword. She knows
the slayer rune, the spell that quickens the sword and gives its
wielder superhuman strength.

Despite his young age - and
mostly because of the slayer rune - Sigve has gained reputation as a
swordsman. In the beginning of the book, Sigve becomes the youngest
chieftain in King Godred realm. During the inaugural feast, on his
sword, he swears a sacred oath, only to discover it stands in the way
of his getting Ylajali in bed.

Sigve breaks the oaths with
dire consequences. His sexual desire gets out of control; he finds
himself in conflict with both his mother and his captain of arms, and
he gets deeply involved in the war between King Godred and Harald Greyfell, two mighty kings. Soon Sigve has to fight for Ylajali, for
the people at Vik, and for his own survival.

The Lethal Oath
has many unique characters, such as Odd the Squinter, Skarphedin the
Second-Sighted, Sigrunn Silkyhair, Kale Curved-Cock and his
daughter, the Body. They all play pivotal roles in the plot. So does
Odin, to whom the oath is sworn. According to Grim, Sigve's one-eyed
tutor, everyone's life is entangled in the great struggle between
order and chaos, a fact Sigve ignores, blinded as he is by his lust
for Ylajali.